Lost Cat Art

 An amazingly designed lost cat poster on Elm Grove.  This one has been up for at least a year.

 I hope the 5 lbs of love was found!

Found Cat Art

Some incredibly cute and industrious cat lover made this sign about a pretty kitty.

hold on to your hats - things are about to get cute.

Due to the tremendous support and generosity of my friends I now have a camera!!!  THANK YOU!  

I've been getting so many amazing Parkdale cat pix, so don't forget to remember to visit Cats of Parkdale every day!

Parkdalian / Part Alien cat mural at Queen and Lansdowne.

call to arms

Thanks Mikey.

Cat craze.

So the newest craze in cat culture is getting portraits of your cats commissioned in order to prove your undying love and devotion to them.  Without these art works, your cats WILL NOT KNOW you love them!  

Take Brenda here, for instance.  My parents had Bren-Bren immortalized by local textile artist Margaret Butt (yeah, I said it).  Margaret rug-hooked Brenda's likeness onto a chair pad - that Brenda now sits on!  It's the ultimate luxury for little Brenda.  

I mean, look how insecure and sad Brenda looked before we had her portrait taken: 

 She is not certain we love her enough!!!  

But when she saw herself lovingly portrayed in recycled fibres....

She totally knew she was loved.

haha, that wasn't even the photo that Margaret used for Brenda!  She just always looks like that!!  So cute.

Gotta let you COP fans know that the bio-pic about my life, called The Cat Blog, is coming to theatres soons!  I'll be played by Jessica Alba and Tatum Channing's gonna be Kam.  Don't worry - when the bottom falls out of the cat blog boom, I'll work it all out in art therapy.  Happy 420 y'all!  

Catfitti

Cat memorial in Toronto, taken by Margaret Kwan.  

Cat homage in LA, taken by Michael Mouris.

Amazing cat drawrings from Maggie Vernon. 

child cat

a drawing of a cat I did at age seven (1989, if you must know).

Already you can see my appreciation of the weirder kitties. 

Thanks to Mama for finding this and sending it to me. 

The Light Tiger of Christy Pitts

I've been wanting to capture this majestic beauty for a long time.  I remember when I first moved to Toronto, driving by this beautiful fearsome beast made of a million lights, and thinking, "wow, this is the big city." 

This weekend, my dear friend Ruth - a tiger of light in her own right - took the opportunity of a snowy night and a couple of hot toddies to mount this creation.  A truly magnificent union.